Recommendations from our site
“It’s a history book, but it very much runs to the present, even including currently active African American and Afro-British riders. It’s very, very interesting on what has been done in terms of discrimination and how to redress it to make cycling more accessible socio-economically and culturally. What prompted him to write this book was the promise of the 2012 Velodrome being built in East London, ostensibly hoping for more access for historically underprivileged communities in the sport of cycling, and some frustration with how that failed to fully manifest in the years after the 2012 Olympic Games.” Read more...
James Hibbard, Sportspersons & Sportswriter
Our most recommended books
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
by Neil Postman -
At Night All Blood Is Black
by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis -
A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson -
The Rider
by Tim Krabbé -
What Goes Around: A London Cycle Courier's Story
by Emily Chappell -
Higher Calling: Road Cycling’s Obsession with the Mountains
by Max Leonard
